The Deliverance of Israel

1 In that day°athe LORD° will punish°IbLeviathan° the fleeing° serpent°, With His fierce° and great° and mighty° sword°, Even°ILeviathan° the twisted° serpent°; And cHe will kill° the dragon° who° [lives] in the sea°.

2 ¶ In that day°, “A Iavineyard° of wine°, sing° of it!
3 “I, the LORD°, am its keeper°;aI water° it every moment°. So that no one will Idamage° it, I bguard° it night° and day°.
4 “I have° no° wrath°. Should Isomeone° give° Me abriars° [and] thorns° in battle°, [Then] I would step° on them, bI would burn° them IIcompletely°.
5 “Or° let him Iarely° on My protection°, Let him make° peace° with Me, Let him bmake° peace° with Me.”
6IIn the days to come° Jacob°awill take° root°, Israel° will bblossom° and sprout°, And they will fill° the IIwhole° world° with cfruit°.

7 ¶ Like the striking° of Him who has struck° them, has aHe struck° them? Or° like the slaughter° of His slain°, Ihave they been slain°?
8 You contended° with them Iby banishing° them, by adriving° them away°. With His fierce° wind° He has expelled° [them] on the day° of the beast° wind°.
9 Therefore° through this° Jacob’s° iniquity° will be aforgiven°; And this° will be Ithe full° price° of the IIbpardoning° of his sin°: When he makes° all° the caltar° stones° like pulverized° chalk° stones°; [When] IIIAsherim° and incense° altars° will not stand°.
10 For the fortified° city° is aisolated°, A Ihomestead° forlorn° and forsaken° like the desert°;bThere° the calf° will graze°, And there° it will lie° down° and IIfeed° on its branches°.
11 When its alimbs° are dry°, they are broken° off; Women° come° [and] make° a fire° with them, For they are not a people° of bdiscernment°, Therefore°°ctheir Maker°dwill not have° compassion° on them. And their Creator° will not be gracious° to them.

12 ¶ In that day° the LORD°awill start [His] threshing° from the flowing° stream° of the bEuphrates° to the brook° of Egypt°, and you will be cgathered° up one° by one°, O sons° of Israel°.
13 It will come° about also in that day° that a great°atrumpet° will be blown°, and those who were perishing° in the land° of bAssyria° and who were scattered° in the land° of Egypt° will come° and cworship° the LORD° in the holy° mountain° at Jerusalem°.

The care of God over his vineyard.

1 ¶ In that² dayº the LORDº with his soreº and greatº and strongº swordº shall punishºª² leviathanº the piercingº serpent,º even leviathanº that crookedº serpent;º and he shall slayºª² the dragonº that² [is] in the sea.º2 In that² dayº singºª ye unto her, A vineyardº of red wine.º¹ª3 I² the LORDº do keepºª it; I will waterºª it every moment:º lest² [any] hurtºª² it, I will keepºª it nightº and day.º4 Furyº [is] not² in me: who² would setºª the briersº [and] thornsº against me in battle?º I would goºª through them, I would burnºª them together.º5 Or² let him take holdºª of my strength,º [that] he may makeºª peaceº with me; [and] he shall makeºª peaceº with me. 6 He shall cause them that comeºª of Jacobº to take root:ºª Israelº shall blossomºª and bud,ºª and fillºª the faceº of the worldº with fruit.º

His chastisements differ from judgments.

7 ¶ Hath he smittenºª him, as he smoteº those that smoteºª him? [or] is he slainºª according to the slaughterº of them that are slainºª by him? 8 In measure,º when it shooteth forth,ºª thou wilt debateºª with it: he stayethºª his roughº windº in the dayº of the east wind.º9 By thisº therefore² shall the iniquityº of Jacobº be purged;ºª and this² [is] all² the fruitº to take awayºª his sin;º when he makethºª all² the stonesº of the altarº as chalkstonesº² that are beaten in sunder,ºª the grovesº and imagesº shall not² stand up.ºª10 Yet² the defencedºª cityº [shall be] desolate,º [and] the habitationº forsaken,ºª and leftºª like a wilderness:º there² shall the calfº feed,ºª and there² shall he lie down,ºª and consumeºª the branchesº thereof. 11 When the boughsº thereof are withered,ºª they shall be broken off:ºª the womenº come,ºª [and] set them on fire:ºª² for² it [is] a peopleº of no² understanding:º therefore²² he² that madeºª them will not² have mercyºª on them, and he that formedºª them will shew them no favour.ºª²

The Church of Jews and Gentiles.

12 ¶ And it shall come to pass² in that² day,º [that] the LORDº shall beat offºª from the channelº² of the riverº unto² the streamº of Egypt,º and ye² shall be gatheredºª oneº by one,º O ye childrenº of Israel.º13 And it shall come to pass² in that² day,º [that] the greatº trumpetº shall be blown,ºª and they shall comeºª which were ready to perishºª in the landº of Assyria,º and the outcastsºª in the landº of Egypt,º and shall worshipºª the LORDº in the holyº mountº at Jerusalem.º